diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b5232b0e..aa0faa20 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-06-13  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/nano.c (do_input): Repositioning the cursor with the mouse
+	(result == 0) should break a series of ^Ks.
+
 2014-06-11  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/winio.c (get_mouseinput): Produce the correct return value for
 	when a mouse event reinserted something into the keyboard buffer.
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 4e9ce8b5..7e9b59b0 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1587,11 +1587,15 @@ int do_input(bool *meta_key, bool *func_key, bool allow_funcs)
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_MOUSE
     if (*func_key && input == KEY_MOUSE) {
-	/* We received a mouse click -- if it was on a shortcut, read in
-	 * the produced shortcut character, otherwise get out. */
-	if (do_mouse() == 1)
+	/* We received a mouse click. */
+	int result = do_mouse();
+
+	if (result == 1)
+	    /* The click was on a shortcut -- read in the character
+	     * that it was converted into. */
 	    input = get_kbinput(edit, meta_key, func_key);
-	else
+	else if (result != 0)
+	    /* The click was invalid -- get out. */
 	    return ERR;
     }
 #endif